This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some.
TORONTO - RBC announced the student team from the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University as the national winners of the 2009 RBC Next Great Innovator Challenge. 'OMEGA4' triumphed over submissions from 24 other universities and colleges across Canada to take home the $20,000 grand prize for their winning idea, L.E.O., a personal virtual online advisor.
Ottawa - The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced today the results of its first-ever CIHR Journalism Awards competition. Nineteen Canadian journalists won awards that will give them critical extra resources to conduct additional in-depth investigation and reporting of health research issues of interest to Canadians.
Kitchener - YWCA Kitchener/Waterloo will be hosting the 3rd Annual World YWCA Breakfast Friday, April 25 2009 at the Delta Hotel Grand Ballroom in Kitchener. The Keynote Speaker Galina Tsiuryna, General Secretary, La Strada International for YWCA Belarus. She will be discussing the Global Impact of Human Trafficking.
Waterloo -Waterloo Region Home Builders' Association (WRHBA) in partnership with TD Commercial Banking, and TD Canada Trust is proud to present Keynote Speaker, ROD BLACK, at their 18th Annual Industry Luncheon on Tuesday April 21, 2009.
KITCHENER - The Canadian Forces Liaison Council (CFLC) honoured the City of Kitchener with an award in Toronto Friday night, recognizing the support the city showed two of its firefighters -- chief fire prevention officer Tom Ruggle and fire prevention officer Jessica Umlandt -- in their recent roles as reservists for the Canadian military in separate tours of duty in Afghanistan.
OTTAWA - Declining housing starts will cut home builders' profits by almost 20 per cent this year, according to the Conference Board's Canadian Industrial Outlook: Canada's Residential Construction Industry - Winter 2009.
KELOWNA, BC - A report released today by RE/MAX confirms that entry-level purchasers are now the engine driving home-buying activity in almost every major centre in Canada.
SAN FRANCISCO - New statistics just released reveal that R&D investment in new medicines by the biopharmaceutical industry was $65.2 billion in 2008, an increase of 3 percent from 2007, according to a combined analysis conducted by Burrill & Company, a San Francisco based global leader in life sciences whose principal activities are in Venture Capital, Private Equity, Merchant Banking and Media and the Washington DC-based Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).
Survey illustrates financial crisis’ impact on community banks
Washington, D.C. — The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and Aite Group, LLC, released a report entitled, The Impact of the Financial Crisis on U.S. Community Banks: New Opportunities in Difficult Times. The report, which is based on information gathered through a February 2009 survey of 743 community bank respondents, examines the impact of the current financial crisis on community banks.
Toronto - Ever thought the other guy was a loser for giving his all for the team even if others weren't pulling their weight? A new study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, says that person can influence a group to become more efficient in achieving its goals by making cooperative, collective behaviour seem acceptable and appropriate, and thereby encouraging others to act similarly.
GUELPH – Guelph City Council ratified a negotiated settlement between the City of Guelph and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Locals 241 and 973 at last night’s City Council meeting.
Waterloo Region – On March 9 the Newcomers Waterloo Region (NEWWR) Web Portal was launched. The website is targeted toward immigrant newcomers and their families who settle in the Waterloo Region or who are looking to Waterloo Region as a possible destination.
Kingston - A new Queen’s University study shows that the organization of care, rather than the setting in which it’s delivered, is the crucial factor in treating patients with painful leg ulcers.
Guelph - The Guelph and District Multicultural Centre is very pleased to announce their move to a new location at Unit 4 and 5, 926 Paisley and Imperial Road as a part of expanded services being offered to people new to Canada.
Guelph - U of G is taking part in a first-of-its-kind internship that links up aboriginal high school students with university researchers who are conducting cutting-edge food and nutrition research.
Ontario Government’s Summer Company Program Provides Opportunities For Youth
Ontario - Ontario students, who hope to find a summer job they love, will have a chance to be their own boss this summer thanks to the Summer Company program.
Summer Company is a unique program which assists young entrepreneurs with starting and running their own eight to 12-week business over the summer. The program provides practical hands-on business training, mentoring and the essential business skills they need to thrive.
"Global economic growth could dip below zero for the first time in decades in 2009, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Tuesday.[Agence France Presse/Factiva]
Adds Parcel and Less-Than-Truckload Shipment Management Capabilities and More Than 500 Members to the Descartes Global Logistics Network
WATERLOO - Descartes Systems Group, a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, acquired privately-held Scancode Systems Inc. (www.scancode.com), a developer and integrator of carrier-compliant parcel and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping solutions, in an all-cash transaction.
WATERLOO - Descartes Systems Group , a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter (Q4FY09) and year (FY09) ended January 31, 2009.
Spending on trade shows is down, but not drastically
CHICAGO - The Trade Show Exhibitors Association (TSEA) today announced results from its 2009 Exhibit Management Survey of nearly 300 professionals who use exhibits, events or face-to-face marketing to promote and sell their products. Overall, budgets for exhibiting and the number of trade shows that exhibitors plan to attend are set to decline in 2009 - but only by about 17% - most likely because trade shows are still a primary means for generating sales leads.
Program allows consumers to “walk away” from leases & loans
Cambridge - Nicole Pereira at Cambridge Centre Honda understands that the world has changed. Specifically the world she knows best - retail automotive. She recognizes that today more than ever, consumers are faced with a multitude of decisions in terms of personal finances.
FAIRFAX, VA - The Stevie(R) Awards issued a call for entries today for its Sixth Annual International Business Awards, the awards that honor achievements in the workplace worldwide, from the executive suite to the factory floor. The 2009 awards will recognize work since 1 January, 2008.
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